SOLUTION: A lottery is run using balls labeled 1 - 100. To win you must pick the seven balls chosen randomly without replacement (numbers cannot be picked twice). What is the probability o

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Question 278202: A lottery is run using balls labeled 1 - 100. To win you must pick the seven balls chosen
randomly without replacement (numbers cannot be picked twice). What is the
probability of winning the lottery?

Answer by stanbon(75887)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
A lottery is run using balls labeled 1 - 100. To win you must pick the seven balls chosen
randomly without replacement (numbers cannot be picked twice). What is the
probability of winning the lottery?
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There is one set of seven balls that wins
There are 100C7 = 16007560800 sets of seven balls possible.
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The probability of getting that set of seven balls is
1/16,007,560,800
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That answer is not exactly correct. My calculator only shows
nine digit places but indicates there are two more.
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Cheers,
Stan H.

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